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Testimonials

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Beth Offenbacker

I could not be more delighted with how my project turned out! I’ve managed dozens of printing projects and by far this was the smoothest design process I've ever participated in. I give Andy my highest recommendation – he is a talented professional and a joy to work with!

Jason Diceman

I recently worked with Andy on project planning for FeedbackFrames.com. He was immediately helpful with insightful and critical questions to help realize a practical and realistic timeline of tasks, addressing challenges with an open mind and an eye for detail. I really appreciated his honesty, multiple talents, and pragmatism.

NCDD Board of Directors

Andy has been essential as a problem solver, stepping into new responsibilities and mastering new skills on the fly, and was best known for developing our website from a handful of pages to what it is today: a 6,000-page compendium widely regarded as the leading source for news and resources in our field.

National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation

The publications and marketing materials Andy created for NCDD added a professional & stylish touch to our programs, drawing notice and praise from professionals across the deliberative democracy field.

The OrangeBand Initiative

Design work can be stressful, expensive, and time consuming, but Andy makes it fun, affordable, and efficient - with great results! I highly recommend entrepreneurs, nonprofits, and businesses of all sizes give Andy’s services a chance - you won’t be disappointed!

Kai Degner

Small Business Owner & City Councilmember of Harrisonburg, VA / Orangeband

Writer’s Websites

PROJECT EXAMPLE – My experience as a writer and editor has come in very handy when working with other writers to bring their work online. Wendy Willis, educator, community leader, and poet, came to me for a simple site to promote her latest book. We got a little creative.

The Transpartisan Voice

ON-GOING PROJECT – For this “news syndication project”, I developed a strategic plan, implemented the vision of the editorial board, initiated outreach to potential supporters & contributers, and populated the site with content for its December 2017 launch.

Comic Art

PERSONAL PROJECT – I’ve been doodling out comics as long as I can remember. For a while in the 90’s, I drew a series called “Tales from the Lost Cavern” featuring a group of intrepid cave explorers getting into lots of trouble. I still draw by hand and often lose myself in grand “hatching” projects.

DDC Online

COMPLETED PROJECT – The Deliberative Democracy Consortium website project provided several extra challenges. In 2016, the website and all associated online tools were comprimised. I was tasked to solve the security issue and rebuild their online presence, creating an easy-to-navigate Wordpress site.

NCDD 2016 Conference

COMPLETED PROJECT – For the past 14 years, the National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation has run conferences every other year in cities all across the United States. For each, I have served as creative director and designer, managing and developing material and publications for the conference and the NCDD website.

Calamitoes Jones

PERSONAL PROJECT – My cat Calamitoes (nicknamed for her polydactyl front paws and vey sharp claws) is starring in her very own comic where she travels the world in search of the meaning of life, or treats, or something.

The Listening Campaign

COMPLETED PROJECT – While I was working on the Kai for Congress Campaign, the candidate reached out to me for assistance with a really cool concept: a podcast which explores the use of dialogue & deliberative processes in a political setting. Since the election, Kai has also requested logos and artwork for his latest listening project, The Listening Corps.

CBI-NET.ORG

COMPLETED PROJECT – Bill Potapchuk, director and principal facilitator at the Community Building Institute, had a very common and specific need — take a decade of online material and bring it all together in a new and responsive website. In his case, he wanted to use an online service called Weebly.

Kai for Congress

COMPLETED PROJECT – I’ve had the unique pleasure of providing my skills to a friend and colleague pursuing a near impossible dream of becoming the Congressional representative to the community he has served in many ways for years. With only a handful of months to prepare, Kai (who has served as Mayor of his hometown) invited me to help with all manner of his campaign’s design and planning needs.

Inspirational Cards

COMPLETED PROJECT – Beth Offenbacker came to me about a set of inspirational postcards. She already knew what she wanted so I took her designs and polished them up a bit, saving them to file formats appropriate for press. The collaborative result was awesome, as are you for checking out my portfolio.

Orangeband

COMPLETED PROJECT – Developed the design and branding of the exciting 2016 relaunch of Orangeband, along with ongoing design support and strategic planning for associated programs and educational products.

ConversationCafé.org

COMPLETED PROJECT – The Conversation Café project involved multiple tasks, including the relatively straight-forward transfer of the original conversationcafe.org website to a new Wordpress-based framework, the adaptation of a simple Wordpress theme chosen by the client, and the recreation of their original, hand drawn logo.

2015 NCDD Info Pamphlet

COMPLETED PROJECT – The 2015 NCDD Info Pamphlet was developed to introduce the National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation to new allies and potential members through distribution at events and via the internet. Both print and digital versions were produced.

UUCV

COMPLETED PROJECT – Assisted church staff in the revitalization of their online presence. Involvement primarily consists of training staff in the use of Wordpress and a web-based email solution to replace and aging newsletter / announcement system. Project includes the adaptation of an existing Unitarian Universalist Wordpress theme for use with their website.

NCDD

ONGOING PROJECT – I co-founded the National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation in 2002 and served as its Creative Director for 13 years. During that time, I worked on everything from NCDD’s website and its publications, to its national events. My roles included event design, nonprofit management, publicity & marketing, you name it.

NCDD Report

COMPLETED PROJECT – This 2015 report based on a series of 2014 interviews with the leaders of 10 highly collaborative organizations features graphic recordings by a dozen artists. Designed to be distributed digitally.

About Me

Hi folks! I'm a writer, educator, ardent doodler, apprentice audiophile, game design hobbyist, weekend adventurer, cupcake aficionado, friend of felines and an advocate of good talk, living and working in Central Pennsylvania.

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Since 2000, I have focused on utilizing modern technology to create, publicize, grow, and manage nonprofit networks – along with developing tools and publications to support knowledge-sharing within these communities.